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Greenday
Little Girl
21st Century Breakdown
2009 Reprise Records
Submitted by: thecrazycuban23
*Disclaimer this is my first tab addition to the website.
It is my version for guitar, it works great but is not what is used in the original.
They use Capo on 1st with these exact chords. Feel free to do that if you want.
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Em - 022000
C - 032010
B - 224442
G - 320033
Intro:
EmBEm
e|-----------------|----------------|-------|------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|-------|------------|
G|----0-4--2--0----|---0-4--2--0----|---0-2-|--4-2-0-----|
D|-2-2----------2--|--2----------4--|--4----|--------4-2-|
A|-----------------|----------------|-------|------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|-------|------------|
*For the first verse I fingerpick (as shown) because it leads from the intro
easier, but you can strum as well.
Do quick, short, downward strums and stops. You can listen to the song for the right rhythm.
Verse 1 (Picking):
EmCB
e|----0---0-(Repeat)|----0---0-(Repeat)|----2---2--(Repeat)|
B|----0---0---------|----1---1---------|----4---4----------|
G|----0---0---------|----0---0---------|----4---4----------|
D|--2---------------|--2---------------|--4----------------|
A|-------2----------|-------3----------|------2------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
Verse 1:
Em
Little girl little girl
C
Why are you crying?
B
Inside your restless
Em
soul your heart is dying
Little one, little one
C
Your soul is purging
B
Of love and razor blades
Em
Your blood is surging
Chorus 1: (Strum Fast and Powerful)
Em
Runaway
C
From the river to the street
B
And find yourself with
Em
your face in the gutter
EmC
Your a stray for the salvation ar-my
B
There is no place like home
EmEm (Switch to Picking)
When you got no place to go
Verse 2:
Em
Little girl, little girl
C
Your life is calling
B
The charlatans and
Em
saints of your a-bandon
Em (Two Strums)
Little one little one
C
The sky is falling
B
The lifeboat of
Em
deception is now sailing
Em
In the wake all the way
C
No rhyme or reason
B
Your bloodshot eyes
Em
will show your heart of treason
Em (Two Strums)
Little girl little girl
C (Two Strums)
You dirty liar
CB
You're just a junkie
Em
Preaching to the choir
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge: (Strumming)
C
The traces of blood
G
Always follow you home
C
Like the Mascara tears
G
From your getaway
C
Your walking with blisters
G
And running with shears
B
So unholy Sister of grace
Solo: EmCGBE
Chorus 2:
Em
Runaway
C
From the river to the street
B
And find yourself with
Em
your face in the gutter
EmC
Your a stray for the salvation ar-my
B (Hold Note)
There is no place like home
Outro:
Em
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|---2-0------|
E|------3-2-0-|
Thank you guys, I hope you enjoyed it.